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All terms expire on June 30, 2008.
City Council meetings are scheduled for the second Thursday of every
month at 6:30 p.m.
Special sessions are scheduled as needed.
The Mayor and seven Council Members are elected for four (4) year terms. The next City election will be held on the second Tuesday in June of the year 2008.
To be eligible to run for Mayor you must be a citizen entitled to vote at the election for which you are elected. The Mayor is the chief elected official of the City of Martinsburg.
Council Members must be residents at the time of their election and voters in the ward from which they are elected, and in the case of Council Members at large, voters and residents of the City. Any Council Member who removes themselves from their ward, or City, shall vacate their office and their position shall be filled by a qualified person.
Any one or more qualified voters of the City of Martinsburg may be nominated for Mayor or City Council, but no person may accept nomination for more than one office, during the same election. Nominations shall be by one petition or by separate petitions with fifty (50) signatures of qualified registered voters and residents of the City of Martinsburg for the office of Mayor and twenty five (25) signatures of qualified registered voters and residents of the City of Martinsburg for all Council offices.
Filing procedures are outlined in the City of Martinsburg Charter.
For more information on the City of Martinsburg's election process you
may call City Hall at 
(304) 264-2131
